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sospirer
sospirer
Old French
Verb
sospirer
- Alternative form of souspirer
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- La pucele plore et sospire
- The young lady cried, and sighed.
- La pucele plore et sospire
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of sospirer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sospirer | avoir sospiré | |||||
| gerund | en sospirant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | sospirant | ||||||
| past participle | sospiré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sospir | sospires | sospire | sospirons | sospirez | sospirent |
| imperfect | sospiroie, sospireie, sospiroe, sospireve | sospiroies, sospireies, sospiroes, sospireves | sospiroit, sospireit, sospirot, sospireve | sospiriiens, sospiriens | sospiriiez, sospiriez | sospiroient, sospireient, sospiroent, sospirevent | |
| preterite | sospirai | sospiras | sospira | sospirames | sospirastes | sospirerent | |
| future | sospirerai | sospireras | sospirera | sospirerons | sospireroiz, sospirereiz, sospirerez | sospireront | |
| conditional | sospireroie, sospirereie | sospireroies, sospirereies | sospireroit, sospirereit | sospireriiens, sospireriens | sospireriiez, sospireriez | sospireroient, sospirereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | sospir | sospirs | sospirt | sospirons | sospirez | sospirent |
| imperfect | sospirasse | sospirasses | sospirast | sospirissons, sospirissiens | sospirissoiz, sospirissez, sospirissiez | sospirassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | sospire | — | sospirons | sospirez | — | ||